List of supercentenarians by continent

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A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has lived to or passed their 110th birthday. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians.[1] Anderson et al. concluded that supercentenarians live a life typically free of major age-related diseases until shortly before maximum human lifespan is reached (theoretically estimated to be 126 years).[2]

African supercentenarians

This is an incomplete list of African supercentenarians (people from Africa who have attained the age of at least 110 years). One source of lifespans is the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[16] There have been, inclucing emigrants, 8 verified supercentenarians from Africa. The oldest person ever to die in Africa was Maria Diaz, aged 113 years, 249 days at the time of her death. The oldest person on record ever born in Africa was Adelina Domingues, who died in the USA, aged 114 years, 183 days.

In Africa

Below is an incomplete list of supercentenarians who have died or are living in Africa.
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 19 November 2018

The vast majority of verified Asian cases of supercentenarians come from Japan, which has kept birth records for more than a century, while other Asian countries have historically been less meticulous about keeping such records. According to The Washington Post, China and India have many supercentenarians, but none are confirmed, as their governments did not track births prior to the early 1900s.[23] There have been 3 verified emigrant supercentenarians from Asia, the oldest of whom is Indian woman Lucy d'Abreu who died in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2005, aged 113 years, 197 days.

a^ d'Abreu was born in Dharwar, which was then part of the British Raj. It is now in India.
b^ Farrell was born in British Raj. It is now in India.

Supercentenarians in Oceania

This is an incomplete list of Oceaniansupercentenarians (people from Oceania who have attained the age of at least 110 years). According to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and verifies their age claims,[26] the oldest Oceanian ever was Australian woman Christina Cock, who lived to the age of 114 years, 148 days. The oldest verified Oceanian man ever was Australian Jack Lockett, who lived to the age of 111 years, 123 days.

South American supercentenarians

This is a list of South Americansupercentenarians (people from South America who have attained the age of at least 110 years). Currently, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenrians and verifies their age claims, has verified 10 supercentenarians from South America.[44] The oldest person ever from South America was Ecuadorian woman María Capovilla, who died at the age of 116 years and 347 days.[5], while the oldest South American man ever was Colombian Daniel Guzmán-García, who died at the age of 111 years, 105 days in 2008.

Deceased Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 19 November 2018